Show Boat (1936) - Part 3/16: "Ol' Man River"

[andrebontemp]

Paul Robeson probably the best version of this famous song

[BernardProfitendieu]

@Karosive dimwitted, pretentious comment

[Karosive]

this might be one of the most thorough castrations of the black dynamic on a sexual and psycological level in film.

[sherebiah]

A real show-stopper.

[RebelFanzel]

Paul Robeson - a fine actor and singer

[1208Bernard]

This is the best version of this film.

[citoyenjoseph]

i gets weary and sick of trying

i'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'

[queenmedesa]

The 50´s film version of this song was shorter than this one

[yuuablewon]

DUDE IS A BEAST!!!!!

[Kailoa36]

I'm so glad to find this complete movie on YouTube. Paul Robeson was magnificent! His performance of this song always brings me to tears.

[jcbahr]

I cry when Paul Robeson sings "I'm tired of living, and scared of dying".

Every single time I hear it.

[luizcadu]

The Gershwins and Kern/Hammerstein did a great service putting black people in a favorable position! Imagine this movie just 20 years more recent than Birth of a Nation, the film that pictured the blacks as the bad guys and the KKK as heroes.

[theblueangel28]

i know i cry before he even gets started

[EponineJondrette]

Paul Robeson just brought a tear to my eye. What a voice!

[1912Universal]

History has proved this version of Show Boat to be the most loved and revered of the three that went before the cameras. Tremendous personal and financial sacrifices were made to enable the film to not only be 'green-lighted' but finished. Carl Laemmles son Julius "Carl Junior" Laemmle was the moving force behind the scene. Production costs began to exceed breakdown costs and Carl Sr. was forced to borrow monies to finish the production. Eventually loosing the studio to pay off the notes.Tragic

[boboskiwatintatin]

I love this song!!

[ectorlove]

Paul Robeson..from the moment he comes on the screen..he fills the role with such powerful dignity! Thank you for posting this gem of a classic.

[dmnemaine]

Nobody sang this song like Paul Robeson. 

[dmnemaine]

This is te most faithful film version to the original 1927 Broadway show to date. I like the 1951 version too, but they played around with the story too much.

[AvengerXofXTwilight]

Thank you for posting this. ^_^ I just finished the novel and it's one of the best I've ever read!

[naughtyhippo1]

thanks for posting this...

[pjcgatsby]

artisticallly-a highlight of the 20th century